Scout Notes

Rare blank for Ings as much-sold Traore and Jimenez record double-digit hauls

Southampton 2-3 Wolverhampton Wanderers

  • Goals: Jan Bednarek (£4.4m), Shane Long (£4.6m) | Pedro Neto (£5.0m), Raul Jimenez (£7.5m) x2
  • Assists: James Ward-Prowse (£5.8m), Cedric (£4.8m) | Adama Traore (£5.7m) x2, Jonny (£5.4m)
  • Bonus: Jimenez x3 Traore x2 Long x1

Wolves came from two down to beat Southampton with some Fantasy trolling of near-epic proportions thrown in for good measure.

The Saints went into the match unbeaten in five league games, whereas the visitors hadn’t won since Gameweek 19, and the first half followed the form obediently enough.

It took Ralph Hasenhuttl’s side just 15 minutes to take the lead, Jan Bednarek (£4.4m) hooking in a James Ward-Prowse (£5.8m) free-kick, and they were two to the good when Shane Long (£4.6m) headed home Cedric‘s (£4.8m) cross.

The only issue for many a Fantasy Premier League (FPL) boss was that neither goal involved Danny Ings (£6.9m).

The Southampton striker had scored ten goals from his previous 11 starts, a run that has added £0.9m to his value and nearly two million managers to his ownership.

More than half a million had signed up ahead of the Wolves match alone, making him Gameweek 23’s most purchased player and FPL’s third-most-popular striker overall.

The only problem with scoring streaks is that they have to come to an end sooner or later, and Ings chose his moment unwisely, although it’s hard to criticise a man kept to just one attempt all match too harshly.

What proved equally galling was Wolves’ second-half comeback.

Coach Nuno Espirito Santo denied giving his players the secador de cabelo treatment (try Portuguese to English in Google) during the interval:

What I tried was to make them believe it was possible and we reacted very well. It was amazing the second-half. We realised the first-half was not good and we reacted very well. I’m very proud of the players.

Whatever was said worked, because they responded in emphatic style.

Pedro Neto (£5.0m) halved the deficit, from an Adama Traore (£5.7m) assist, when he scored his second goal in three Gameweeks on 53 minutes before Raul Jimenez (£7.5m) went on a trolling spree of his own.

The Mexico international had blanked for three straight matches and 228,000 FPL managers had had enough prior to the Southampton clash, making him the Gameweek’s third-most sold player.

A decent chunk of that figure presumably swapped him out for Ings as well, making the last 25 minutes of Saturday’s game an especially excruciating experience.

Jimenez ended his mini-drought with a large dollop of help from VAR.

Wing-back Jonny (£5.4m) was upended in the Saints area, with referee Darren England initially awarding a corner before Stockley Park told him otherwise. Jimenez slotted home the resultant penalty, although Hasenhuttl was not impressed with the decision:

In the end, the decision for the penalty is hard to understand for me, because I think the referee did a good job and I don’t know why he let VAR overrule him.

Slightly less partial observers might have disagreed with him but, either way, just over ten minutes later the coach’s agony – and that of all those Jimenez sellers – was complete.

The ever-dangerous Traore was released on the break by the striker’s pass and he held onto the ball long enough for the Mexican to catch up and finish sweetly.

With maximum bonus points awarded, Jimenez’s 13-point haul was his best return of the season, while swapping from him to Ings cost managers 11, although a good deal of that pain could be offset over the coming weeks.

The Saints have a fine run of matches all the way up to Gameweek 31, with a trip to Liverpool the only major obstacle, whereas Wolves will play the Reds, Manchester United, Leicester City and Spurs over the next five Gameweeks.

Ings’ owners might have to wait for the good times to return, however, as Hasenhuttl has recently talked of resting his star striker:

Like all the players, it’s important for them to be fit because of the high workload. At the moment, he looks in really good shape and can work for 90 minutes or longer which gives me a good feeling. We don’t have to put him in every game and we rested him once against Chelsea.

Rest has been a rarity for Wolves players. Saturday’s match was the club’s 39th of a season that started in late July, and their continued fragility at the back – they’ve not kept a clean sheet since Gameweek 15 – means their attacking assets are the only ones likely to catch Fantasy eyes.

Jimenez now has a bit of form to recommend him, while both Neto and Traore offer excellent value from midfield.

How long they can keep going to the well remains the big question. Their spirit is unquestionable, but their bodies all too human.

Southampton XI (4-4-2): McCarthy; Cedric, Stephens, Bednarek, Bertrand; Armstrong (Djenepo 71′), Ward-Prowse, Hobjerg, Redmond (Boufal 78′); Ings, Long (Adams 71′). 

Wolves XI (3-4-3): Patricio; Dendoncker, Coady, Saiss; Doherty, Neves, Moutinho, Jonny; Neto (Kilman 86′), Jimenez, Traore.

Members Analysis

Norwich City 1-0 Bournemouth

  • Goals: Teemu Pukki (£6.5m)
  • Assists: Ondrej Duda (£5.0m)
  • Bonus: Pukki x3 Sam Byram (£4.4m) x2 Christoph Zimmermann (£4.4m), Tim Krul (£4.5m) x1
  • Red cards: Ben Godfrey (£4.4m) | Steve Cook (£5.0m)

Norwich City’s 1-0 win over Bournemouth was, in Fantasy terms, the equivalent of two bald men fighting over a comb.

With both sides in freefall – Norwich hadn’t won since Gameweek 13, while Bournemouth had just one win and a draw from their last 11 matches – Fantasy pickings were always likely to be on the unhealthy side of slim.

And so it proved, with a first goal since Gameweek 17 for Teemu Pukki (£6.5m) the high point of a typically frantic and error-strewn relegation dogfight.

The 12.8%-owned striker scored from the penalty spot after Steve Cook (£5.0m) produced a fine one-handed save to deny Ondrej Duda‘s (£5.0m) goal-bound effort. Unfortunately, as a centre-half, Cook’s acrobatics earned him nothing more than a red card, leaving Bournemouth to play two-thirds of the match with ten men.

Seeing as the Cherries have been making a total hash of games with the standard quota of 11, their fate seemed sealed, although Ben Godfrey‘s (£4.4m) dismissal for a nasty tackle on Callum Wilson (£7.4m) did at least even up the numbers for the final 14 minutes.

Bournemouth failed to capitalise, with Nathan Ake‘s (£4.8m) header the closest they came to rescuing a desperately-needed point.

That the defender topped the attempts chart for the visitors, with two, spoke volumes for the attacking impotence of Eddie Howe’s team – over the last ten Gameweeks, only Burnley (76) have managed fewer attempts than the Cherries’ 84, while the 61 chances they’ve created is the league’s third-worst total.

Norwich were considerably more threatening on the day, creating a chance every six minutes compared to Bournemouth’s average of one per 16, and they really should have won the match by a goal or two more

Pukki had one excellent chance saved by Aaron Ramsdale (£4.7m), while the impressive debutant Duda and his fellow midfielder Emiliano Buendia (£6.0m) also spurned solid opportunities.

The 0.9%-owned Buendia, in particular, has been a consistent threat all season, way ahead of his team-mates for chances created and third for attempts, just behind the considerably more popular Todd Cantwell (£5.0m and 25.1%).

The latter’s blank was his sixth in his last eight starts, and Norwich’s schedule suggests more of the same over the next six Gameweeks, with the Canaries facing up to a run of Liverpool and Leicester at home and Spurs, Newcastle, Wolves and Sheffield United away.

Small wonder that coach Daniel Farke played down the win post-match:

We’re not over-excited, we know it’s only the first step and it will definitely be a long road to realise this miracle, but it was a good first step and hopefully we can go on.

It will probably take more than a miracle for Norwich players to return to our Fantasy radars anytime soon, however, while Bournemouth’s assets are even further down the pecking order.

Diego Rico (£4.4m) is the only Cherries player interesting many managers, although his return to the starting line-up gave his 12.6% ownership a measly two points and he’s now blanked in five of his last six starts.

And while the side’s short-term schedule is attractive enough – Brighton and Aston Villa at home, followed by trips to Sheffield and Burnley – their form is so ugly, and their confidence so low, that investment in any of their players would be foolish in the extreme.

Norwich City XI (4-2-3-1): Krul; Aarons, Godfrey, Zimmermann, Byram; Tettey, McLean; Buendía (Rupp 90+3′), Duda (Hanley 79′), Cantwell; Pukki (Drmic 85′).

Bournemouth XI (4-3-3): Ramsdale; Smith, Cook, Ake, Rico; Lerma (Solanke 79′), Gosling (Cook 87′), Billing; H. Wilson (Francis 35′), Fraser, C.Wilson.

Members Analysis

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  1. Geordie19
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Keep Vardy or Martial for the next few?

    Would mean doing Dilva to Mane AND 1 of:
    Martial to Hayden
    Or
    Vardy to Greenwood

    1. Regin
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      keep vardy

  2. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Keane throwing Martial under the bus.

    Poor form!

    1. Amey
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      He's our only hope now as Rashford is out....

      1. Magic Zico
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Mata mate 😉

        1. HamezMace
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          Lingard.

          1. Syd.
            • 14 Years
            4 years, 2 months ago

            Good sense of humour

    2. HamezMace
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Nope, Keane spot on.
      Martial not good enough.

      1. Annie
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Fits right in

      2. Rainer
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Good Top 6 striker 😉

        1. HamezMace
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          Well yes exactly, but if United want to be challenging for the title, they need someone better

          1. Rainer
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 2 months ago

            Agreed but there are other areas of much greater concern in that sense.

            1. HamezMace
              • 9 Years
              4 years, 2 months ago

              True, but I’m just saying Keane is right in what he’s saying

    3. Syd.
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      He is on his way home to eat a couple of raw steaks

    4. Collie01
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Thought he looked quite dangerous today. Best attacking player at United now that Rash is out

  3. PapaWengzz
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Best transfer? 2FTs and nothing else to do
    A) Kelly > Williams
    B) Rico > Williams
    C) Chilwell > Digne
    D) A/B + C (which one of A and B?)

    1. zdrojo187
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      B

      1. PapaWengzz
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Any reason to Rico over Kelly? Ward is back fit

  4. RamaJama
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Rashford to

    A) DCL
    B) Jimmy
    C) Greenwood
    D) Aguero -4

    1. PapaWengzz
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      B

    2. JELLYFISH
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      I’m considering Kun but have 2fts.
      If you don’t want to take the hit jimmy

    3. Ha.
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      D

    4. Hulk Smash
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      D

  5. S.Kuqi
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    https://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/public-stats-tables/view/94/

    Watford third on this table. Surely Ings -> Deeney makes sense?

    Would get Ings back for gw26

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Both lol.

      Sarr was an important factor in the Tottenham game and now he's likely out.

      1. S.Kuqi
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Good point.

  6. Krafty Werks
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Which of these do you prefer? Thanks.

    Rashford & Alli > Aguero & Sarr
    or
    Rashford & Alli > Ings & Son

    1. Geordie19
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Think sarr did his hammy?

      1. Krafty Werks
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Really? Oh ok, ty for heads-up.

  7. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Last Man Standing GW23 🏆 (943 teams)

    Safety score = 33
    Top score = 82
    LMS average = 44.51 (-0.78) = 43.73

    96 teams to be removed.
    847 through to GW24.
    Minimum 10% or 85 out next GW.
    Congrats to all the survivors 🙂

    1. S.Kuqi
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Thanks

    2. Collie01
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Thanks as always TM.

      How many entries was there altogether to start with?

    3. Tsparkes10
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      By the skin of my teeth. Jesus christtt, still a positive from all these red arrows 🙂

  8. ChippyT
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Thinking of doing ..Rashford + Rico --> Greenwood + Robbo and using my Triple captain chip, Which would leave me 2.8 itb to do Vardy --> Aguero in GW25

    Guiata
    Robbo|Trent(VC)|Soy
    Mane(TC)|Grealish|KDB|Maddison
    Vardy|Ings|Greenwood

    Button Traore|Lund|Willems

    Anyone got any other suggestions ?

  9. Genji3lade
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Held TAA from GW1 - GW17.

    Since selling him for the Leicester game he has scored 24, 8, 6, 6, 10.

    This game can be cruel at times!

    Best of luck to everyone come Tuesday.

  10. Pukkipartyy
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Is Aguero now essential ?
    Vardy out Aguero in ? Or maybe not yet?

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Don't think it's essential yet, the fixtures are also not too great

    2. ChippyT
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      After the West Ham game i think so yeah

    3. GreennRed
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Get both. Will keep Vardy for GW24 at least. Might have been a good captain pick had he scored penalty. Maybe too early to see if form has left. Aguero still not nailed for Pep, even though Real is a month away.

  11. Nightf0x
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Which?
    A) mads rams -4 to salah buton/4.0 gk
    B) mads martial -4 to salah 7.5 mid. (Moura/sarr/docoure/grealish/tross)
    C) mads dcl/maupay -4 to firmino 8.5 mid.
    D) dcl/maupay mads martial -8 to firmino son 6.3 mid.
    E) sidibe madds -4 to robo son

  12. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Rashford > Firmino gives me this team:

    Ryan (Gazza)
    TAA Soyuncu Aurier (Rico Lund)
    Salah [TC] KDB Martial Grealish (Traore)
    Firmino Ings Vardy

    GTG?

    1. Amey
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Yep

    2. The Senate
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      like it

  13. supperspout
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    How long until you activate your TC if playing this week?

    1. Amey
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Not going to

      1. FPL.team
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Then you aren't playing it this week. Makes no sense...

    2. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Since Saturday lunchtime.

    3. FPL.team
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Already did when game updated Saturday. It can be cancelled.

  14. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Thoughts on Alli & Vardy >> Mané & Deeney?

    1. WATERMELONS
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Do you already own Aguero? That is the key to bring in, and Pool defence I think

  15. HamezMace
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Anyone know, or want to speculate, on why Greenwood is wrapped in cotton wool, but Williams has started four games in a row?

    1. WATERMELONS
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      I have 5.5 mil in the bank and 1 FT. Was going to upgrade Greewood to Rashforr for this GE giving me a front three with Ings and Vardy.

      Now im contemplating keeping Greenwood for this GW, but I don’t know how or if I should spend that money. V confused!

  16. fgdu
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Ok lads a few things to discuss on my mind here.

    Is Southampton defence actually good?

    Aguero in confirmed?

    Everton still looking solid?

    And any other important points from this week

  17. Hulk Smash
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Nightmare week but looking forward, how do these moves look over the next 2 gameweeks?

    Sidibe to Gomez
    Maddison to Traore
    Rashford to Aguero

  18. tissae
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Which way ur going?

    A) Salah + Jimenez
    B) Robertson + Jimenez

    1. Ha.
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      A

    2. GreennRed
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Gomez.

  19. Ziyech on the Bench
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Did Rico to Robbo already...own 3 Pool.

    Rash to:

    A) Haller for next 3 games
    B) Jimenez
    C) Callum Wilson
    D) DCW

  20. The Senate
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    how likely is Rashford to drop tonight?

    1. HamezMace
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      It’s only a back injury, don’t think he’s going to die.

      1. Magic Zico
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Oh dear

      2. GreennRed
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        That'd be a black flag. 'Imminent death, unknown return date. Flowers to family home'.

        1. Motty FPL
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          Lol this shouldnt be funny, bit dark, but amusing.

    2. Skalla
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Price could be protected by injury, not sure...

      1. Magic Zico
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        This

  21. Drogba Legend
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Pope
    TAA - Soy - Aurier
    KDB - Moura - Mane (C) - Cantwell
    Kun - Vardy - DCL

    Button - Traore - Rico - Lundy

    A) Vardy > Firmino
    B) Kun + Moura > Ings and Salah (-4)

  22. Bilbao Baggins
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Liverpool captain thoughts for next week:

    Number of returns in the last 6 gameweeks (goals, assists and clean sheets for defenders plus bonus points).

    Salah = 5 returns / 5 bonus
    Mane = 4 returns / 3 bonus
    Firmino = 3 returns / 5 bonus
    Robertson = 6 returns / 4 bonus
    TAA = 11 returns / 5 bonus
    Virgil = 7 returns / 2 bonus

    Top points scorer over last 6 =
    TAA with 59 points.

    1. GreennRed
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Salah. Purely because I won't captain TAA or Gomez.

    2. Miguel Sanchez
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Compelling

      1. Bilbao Baggins
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        I guess I didn't really explain the post so I accept your sarcasm. One of the main things a captain needs i routes to points and it seems Iike defenders match the strikers if not out perform them in how many returns they are getting.

        Ill most likely captain a midfielder but I think there is an interesting case for TAA.

        The extra 1 point for clean sheets could be vital for midfielders too especially if triple captaining.

  23. Mind över Mata
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Best Rashford replacement? Own 3 Liverpool and thinking Ings

    Mane, Salah, KDB, Grealish (Dendo)
    DCL, Vardy, Rash*

    1. GreennRed
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Jimenez.

    2. WATERMELONS
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Hold and use 2x FT to bring in Aguero

  24. Garth Marenghi
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Who to triple captain?

    A) Salah
    B) Mane
    C) Don’t use it

    1. HamezMace
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      A or B, not C

    2. Coys96
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      C

    3. supperspout
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Aguero

    4. GreennRed
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      C.

    5. Garth Marenghi
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Thx

  25. Naby K8a
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Rashford out for 2/3 months.
    B Fernandes deal stalled
    Haaland hat-trick
    2 nil loss to Liverpool

    Great weekend for United

    1. Supersonic Marv'
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Pogba looked the part at Paris fashion week though.

    2. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      At least their rivals Sheffield United dropped points.

      1. Supersonic Marv'
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Zinger.

  26. timawflowers
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Will greenwood play v Burnley?

    1. Syd.
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      I think he will

      1. WATERMELONS
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Is that a hunch or based on anything in particular?

        1. Syd.
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          The fact United have no other forwards

          Today was probably just a game to far for him to start

    2. The Senate
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      surely - Martial Greenwood James and Mata

  27. Coys96
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Would you Wildcard this (1FT, 5.9 itb) :

    McCarthy - Button
    Trent - Soyuncu - Lundstram - Rico - Aurier
    KdB - Mane - Martial - Grealish - Cantwell
    Vardy - Ings - Maupay

    And do these moves:

    Soyuncu to Lascelles
    Rico to Cahill
    Aurier to Dunk
    Martial to Salah
    Cantwell to Son
    Vardy to Deeney
    Maupay to DCL

    1. Nightf0x
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Was thinking about WC too same exact players u want to bring in was in my draft

  28. Syd.
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Those shots of Neville and Carragher during commentary are brilliant

    I wonder if they ever come to blows

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Charity boxing match needed!

    2. GreennRed
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      In fairness both hated each other's teams as players and still do. Would be nice to see more players that hate losing more than they love winning.

  29. villa_til_i_die
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Chances of another DGW?, must be another yeah?!

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Will be another 2 minimum.

      1. villa_til_i_die
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Hope so, wolves away ain’t gonna rain goals for pool

    2. GreennRed
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Yeah. So keep TC chip methinks.

  30. Nightf0x
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Which?

    A) mads rams -4 to salah buton/4.0 gk
    B) mads martial -4 to salah 7.5 mid.
    C) mads dcl/maupay -4 to firmino 8.5 mid.
    D) dcl/maupay mads martial -8 to firmino son 6.3 mid.
    E) sidibe madds -4 to robo son